Spring is in full force at the farm. We’re busy weeding and tending to the gardens while flowers bloom all around us. Follow along on my Instagram for daily updates on the farm. And, as always, check out my favorite procrastination links from around the web this week…

• A debate that has raged in my marriage for some years now has been addressed by Microsoft Word.

• Will this be you when the time comes to venture out?

• Check out this Forbes piece on the Spanish Flu's version of Dr. Fauci. 

• Brene Brown's new podcast is here.

• An essay on paper towels that touched my soul. Thank you Maira Kalman. 

• This artist's oil paintings of NYC bokeh will take your breath away. 

• A spring dinner party menu from 1943 when food was rationed and everyone canned.

• The year this woman was born, Greta Garbo took a swim in the ocean. 

• What sandwich defines you? If I was sandwich caricatured, it would have to be egg salad and arugula on wheat.

• I adore this little birdhouse. 

• Which is prettier? The row of vintage Penguin paperbacks or the scalloped lampshade?

• One family survived close quarters with a Corona rainbow. Make sure you swipe through. (Thank you Karen!) 

• When it comes to creative wall decor, I worship at the altar of Kit Kemp The plates in black boxes against that pink mural is maximalist candy.

• Your feel-good quarantine story of the week.

Photo by Elle Hughes via Unsplash.